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11 - 17 July is National Diabetes Week and despite nearly two million Australians living with diabetes, it is one of the most misunderstood and stigmatised health conditions in the country.

This webinar on 15 July is part of a series for general practitioners on the COVID-19 response and the vaccine rollout. The panel will provide key updates and answer participants’ questions.

There have been a number of changes and announcements made over recent days impacting upon the primary care COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The PHN are providing a quick update on what the changes mean for primary healthcare providers, and where general practices can find accurate information to assist with patient questions.

Health professionals want to support clients to change their behaviours, but often believe a behaviour change approach takes more time than their consultation offers.

While a traditional approach of directing the client and providing solutions may be effective from the perspective of the health professional, often this approach establishes the client as a passive participant in their health. Clients can be more resistant to change if they feel their autonomy is compromised.

Join Professor Tony Cunningham, Dr Ginni Mansberg and Professor Peter McCluskey as they discuss herpes zoster and SHINGRIX (Recombinant Varicella Zoster Virus glycoprotein E antigen (AS01B adjuvanted vaccine)), a new shingles vaccine now available in Australia.

As part of ongoing improvement in service commissioning, the Primary Health Network is transforming the way we measure the impact and the quality of the health services we fund within our region.

Learning objectives

- To educate the HCPs on effective asthma maintenance therapy to reduce the need for rescue medication

- To educate the HCPs on the benefits of 24 hour asthma control

- For HCPs to understand the clinical and practical benefits of using dual and triple therapy in Australia

- To demonstrate to GPs how to simplify their asthma management plans

From the 1st July 2021 a new centralised patient registration database for Closing the Gap Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Co-Payment Measure went live. This Mastermind session will explain the patient registration process for both the CTG PBS Co-Payment Measure and the Indigenous Health Incentive for primary care providers.

Learning Outcomes for the session include:

• How to register a patient for the CTG PBS Co-Payment Measure

• How to register a patient for the PIP Indigenous Health Incentive

• How to check if a patient is registered for CTG PBS and/or PIP IHI

• HPOS/PRODA delegations

Schizophrenia distorts reality. Its potentially devastating impact, however, is all too real. This serious mental disorder impacts a person's thoughts, perceptions, emotions, and behaviour. This has wide ranging and sometimes calamitous consequences not only for the individual, but their family and the broader community as well.

Because of its varying manifestations, general practitioners - as true generalists in care - supported by a multidisciplinary team, can be best placed to diagnose, treat, and support the person living with schizophrenia.

Join your colleagues for this webinar on the vital role of primary care in the management of schizophrenia, including the use of dopamine partial agonists.